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Protesters take on Syrian embassies

2012-02-04 50 Dailymotion

WARNING: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT<br/> <br />Protesters in Syria turn a mosque in Homs into a makeshift hospital.<br/> <br />Amateur video uploaded to a social media website allegedly shows scores of dead and wounded after the city was shelled by government forces on Friday evening and Saturday morning.<br/> <br />Activists say more than 200 were killed in the attack.<br/> <br />The 11-month, bloody crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad has drawn sharp criticism from neighbours, the U.N. and Syrians abroad.<br/> <br />At Syria's London embassy, five people were arrested at a protest calling for Assad to step down.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, DR MAHMOUD AL-AKRAA<br/> <br />"I am sure you know it.. the regime in Syria committing crimes and massacres on the TV today on Al Jazeera ... there is tens of people - kaftans, tied legs, shot in the head, absolutely impossible in this time of the 21st century we see such a crime. And Libya from the first week, everybody shouting, all the world shouting. Syria - no oil. We left to be massacred and to be victimized by this dictator butcher Assad."<br/> <br />UPSOUND PROTESTERS CHANTING IN ENGLISH: "Free Syria! Down, down with Assad! Down, down with Assad!"<br/> <br />Syrians in the U.S. staged a similar protest at the embassy in Washington.<br/> <br />UPSOUND PROTESTERS CHANTING IN ENGLISH: "One, two three four you don't scare us anymore!"<br/> <br />But Syrian residents in Egypt took it a step further and stormed the embassy in Cairo late Friday evening.<br/> <br />A Syrian spokesman in the capital said the protesters had smashed windows, burned parts of the first floor, broke computers as well as stole documents from a safe.<br/> <br />The Arab League has already asked for Assad's resignation after suspending its mission in the country.<br/> <br />The U.N. Security Council could also call for him to cede power with a draft resolution vote set for Saturday.<br/> <br />Jessica Gray, Reuters

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